How three Dubliners created F.ounders, a ‘Davos for geeks’

October 25, 2012 8:00 AM Ciara Byrne
Ciara Byrne

Editor's Pick How did F.ounder's organizers -- a self-described failed entrepreneur, freelance journalist and unemployed asset manager -- with no background in technology, convince some of the world's top entrepreneurs to come to an unknown event at the far edge of Europe?

YouTube co-founder’s digital magazine startup Zeen to launch next week

June 20, 2012 2:59 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Most people who see a $1.65 billion exit of their company would be content to retire from the business world, but that’s rarely the case in the tech industry, as YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley demonstrates.

Hurley is scheduled to launch …

Google’s millions at work: the YouTube founders are going on a hiring/acquiring spree

April 27, 2012 9:02 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Chad Hurley and Steve Chen (pictured), founders of YouTube, have just received a cash infusion for their new company, AVOS.

The funding is the duo’s first institutional round, and it was led by (no surprise) Google Ventures and NEA, with …

YouTube founders’ new project will help you publish your own digital magazine

April 7, 2012 8:55 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Zeen, the newest project from YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, aims to help normal people make and discover digital magazines.

With our industry’s laser-like focus on gorgeous, magazine-like design, we can see this idea being a huge hit. …

New Delicious owners reveal details about the revamped site

September 12, 2011 8:42 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen revealed details about their plans for recently-purchased bookmarking site Delicious in an interview with the New York Times.

Delicious is perhaps the premiere popular website bookmarking service. It allows people to save links …